Hello all,
I'm wondering if some of you more mechanically inclined members can offer me some insights... I had my alignment done by Tesla at approx 69k miles. I noticed when they were finished that the car (which always drove straight as an arrow) pulled slightly to the left after the alignment. I didn't think much about it (perhaps just tire pressure?) so I drove it another 5-6k miles and was ready to rotate the tires again, so I brought it to my local discount tire. They removed the tires and showed me very aggressive inside wear on both the tires (front and rear) on the driver's side. The front was so worn that it had threads coming out and they refused to put the tire back on. They gave me a used tire they pulled off another car and replaced that one in the front. Now I'm wondering... What could cause BOTH the front and rear to wear the tire on the inside so aggressively?
I spoke to the service manager at Tesla Decatur, GA and he was pushing back on giving me a free alignment saying that it could have gotten knocked out during the 5-6k I drove it.... saying I should have brought it back in right away when I noticed the pulling to the left. Not that it would have mattered, I'm now on appointment #3 they've had to cancel on me just 30-45m before the appointment... At this rate I'll add another 5k-6k miles before I can get it back into them..... LOL
I've basically started calling around to local alignment shops since I have no idea if Tesla will keep the appointment, and I'm not sure they did the alignment right in the first place. I've NEVER had any vehicle (out of 6-7 cars in my lifetime) wear tires like this... many of which I only had alignments done when I had new tires put on the car... rotate and balance until the tires need replacing, etc... wash, rinse, repeat. Something doesn't feel quite right about this considering I've never had unusual wear on any car outside of the Tesla... I think I did have some inside tire wear on the rears at first, but I want to say Tesla fixed that early on... back before I even had 25k miles on it. I went from 25-75k-ish without an issue and now this is what I'm running into. . thoughts?
I'm wondering if some of you more mechanically inclined members can offer me some insights... I had my alignment done by Tesla at approx 69k miles. I noticed when they were finished that the car (which always drove straight as an arrow) pulled slightly to the left after the alignment. I didn't think much about it (perhaps just tire pressure?) so I drove it another 5-6k miles and was ready to rotate the tires again, so I brought it to my local discount tire. They removed the tires and showed me very aggressive inside wear on both the tires (front and rear) on the driver's side. The front was so worn that it had threads coming out and they refused to put the tire back on. They gave me a used tire they pulled off another car and replaced that one in the front. Now I'm wondering... What could cause BOTH the front and rear to wear the tire on the inside so aggressively?
I spoke to the service manager at Tesla Decatur, GA and he was pushing back on giving me a free alignment saying that it could have gotten knocked out during the 5-6k I drove it.... saying I should have brought it back in right away when I noticed the pulling to the left. Not that it would have mattered, I'm now on appointment #3 they've had to cancel on me just 30-45m before the appointment... At this rate I'll add another 5k-6k miles before I can get it back into them..... LOL
I've basically started calling around to local alignment shops since I have no idea if Tesla will keep the appointment, and I'm not sure they did the alignment right in the first place. I've NEVER had any vehicle (out of 6-7 cars in my lifetime) wear tires like this... many of which I only had alignments done when I had new tires put on the car... rotate and balance until the tires need replacing, etc... wash, rinse, repeat. Something doesn't feel quite right about this considering I've never had unusual wear on any car outside of the Tesla... I think I did have some inside tire wear on the rears at first, but I want to say Tesla fixed that early on... back before I even had 25k miles on it. I went from 25-75k-ish without an issue and now this is what I'm running into. . thoughts?